Sandworts is a resilient ground cover plant ideal for creating lush landscapes. It thrives in well-draining soil and requires moderate to low watering, making it drought-tolerant. A special care point is ensuring good air circulation to prevent fungal diseases. Additionally, sandworts prefers full sun to partial shade for optimal growth and blooming.
Watering schedule: Every week
Sunlight Requirements: Full sun
| Care Difficulty | Easy |
| Lifespan | Annual, Perennial |
| Watering Schedule | Every week |
| Sunlight Requirements | Full sun |
| Soil Type | Garden Soil |
| Soil pH | 6-7 |
| Hardiness Zones |
4-8
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A great choice for rock gardens, mountain sandwort is a low-growing, flowering evergreen with large white blooms. It prefers well-draining, moist soils, but once established, mountain sandwort is drought-tolerant. Plants can be divided for propagation in spring or fall.
Small and inconspicuous, thyme-leaf sandwort is a common weed. Due to its size and shape, it is hard to spot but generally grows in nutritious soil that has been disturbed or disrupted.
Another name for slender sandwort (Arenaria leptoclados), a species that’s indigenous to Eurasia, is lesser thymeleaf sandwort. It produces a dry fruit that splits open as it ripens. It grows 5 m tall.
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